Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-04-15
HERNDoN LETTER.


HERNDoN, KY, Apr. y, 'S7.-Sincc
| last wrote you the "singin skule"
has been here and such an amount
of vocal talent as has been developed
is astonishing, not only TO tho natives
but TO visitors as well.
Herndon has now become famous
as a catering place. She has only re-
Gently gone into the latter business,
but thus far she likes Itand intends
to stand by 1t.
Mrs. Il. J. Fleming, so credible ru-
NOR informs me, has bought Mr.. w
w. Wooton's residence and business
house and Will move in this week
The |. A. Il r. Il. r. hands are
broadening the cross waysat the cat
tie guards this week preparatory To
widening the gauge at an carly day.
The road is being put in repair in all
respects thousands Of new cross ties
replacing the inferior ones which
were first laid down under the brill
liant management ~ of the irrepres-
sible Gordon, and am now thorough
ly satisfied that it will not only run
through TO Princeton but will have
laterals 10 BennetlslowD, Lafayette,
Garrettsburg and Indian Mound aud
regular trunk line to half the plan
cts long before free turnpike is built
by private subscription iii S iii
Co. Don't understand me however
as favoring turnpilies, however | am
and always have been opposed tc
them, no matter upon what plan sug-
gested as well as the one recently
adopted and am firmly persuaded
that the County Court did most I'M
wise thing IN granting The right OF
way over our present road beds to the
c. @. U. Z. II. Co. 4; at the same time
| believe in doing so il echoed the
voice of q very large majority of the
voters, perhaps taxpayers Of the
county.
Much complaint exists among the
farmers as to tobacco plants nearly
or quite one half the beds sown are
not up yet on account of the dry
weather, while many of the early
sown beds have been destroyed eth
er by the cold and dry weather OF
else as some say by the ravages oil
the fly.
Corn planting was finished or near
Iy so last week, but 1t cannot possibly
come up without greater moisture
than now exists.
Gardens that were planted weeks
ago refuse to send up the hoped fol
plants, while clover seed has been ly-
ing on the ground nearly a month
and its germ is still confined within
its prison bounds. Some that was
sown earlier is up but | don't think
it can stand much longer continual
ton of the dry weather without injury
Wheat is looking well and seems tu
grow in spite of drought and the re-
cent cold.
Bro, Jno. d. Gardner, of Howell
recently returned from a trip to his
old home in Galloway county and
while absent he became SO utterly
careless of his reputation as politi'
cal prophet that he now predicts thai
G. A. q. Holt will be Governor. Ben
Boyd thinks he will too about the
time that Jim Blaine tells the name
of the minister who first married
him in Kentucky.
Dir. w. B. Mathews, assisted by DR..
J. l.. Dulin, recently performed a very
difficult and dangerous surgical ope-
ration on Mac Coleman, col. 1t was
eminently successful aud the doctors
are to be congratulated, as their sue
cess was decided surprise to all who
knew of the case.
DR.. NJ. now has case being tried
by the faculty of ---Seminary al
Nashville, Tenn. He is charged with
making love to one of the pupils. He
says it amt so but everybody believes
he is guiltH HORACE.